List of theaters in Chicago

This is a list of notable theatre companies, performance venues, and rental performance spaces in the Chicago area.

Resident companies and venues

 * About Face
 * Accidental Shakespeare
 * Aguijón Theater
 * American Blues Theater
 * Annoyance Theatre
 * Baliwick Theatre Company
 * Black Ensemble Theater Company
 * Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company
 * Center on Halsted
 * Chicago Dramatists
 * Chicago Shakespeare Theater
 * Chopin Theatre
 * Citadel Theatre (Lake Forest)
 * Copernicus Center (formerly Gateway Theatre)
 * Court Theatre
 * Factory Theater
 * First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook)
 * Goodman Theatre
 * iO Theater
 * Kane Repertory Theatre (St. Charles)
 * Lifeline Theatre
 * Lookingglass Theatre Company
 * Lyric Opera of Chicago
 * Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire)
 * MCA Stage
 * Merle Reskin Theatre (DePaul) (formerly Blackstone Theater)
 * Music Theater Works (formerly Light Opera Works) (Evanston)
 * Neo-Futurists
 * Oak Park Festival Theatre (Oak Park)
 * Oracle Theatre Company
 * Opera in Focus (Rolling Meadows)
 * Organic Theater Company
 * Paramount Theatre (Aurora)
 * The Playground
 * Porchlight Music Theatre
 * A Red Orchid Theatre
 * Red Tape Theatre
 * Red Theater Chicago
 * Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
 * The Second City
 * Shattered Globe Theatre Company
 * Silk Road Rising
 * Steep Theatre Company
 * Steppenwolf Theatre Company
 * Strawdog Theatre Company
 * Theatre-Hikes
 * Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre
 * TimeLine Theatre Company
 * Trap Door Theatre
 * Victory Gardens Theater

Itinerant companies

 * Babes With Blades
 * Child's Play Touring Theatre
 * Collaboraction
 * ETA Creative Arts Foundation
 * Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre Co
 * LiveWire Chicago Theatre
 * Off-Off Campus (UChicago)
 * Red Theater Chicago
 * Theater Oobleck (formerly Streetlight Theater)
 * TUTA Theatre

Touring and rental venues

 * Apollo Theater Chicago
 * Arie Crown Theatre
 * Auditorium Theatre
 * Briar Street Theater
 * Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (formerly Drury Lane Water Tower Place)
 * Cadillac Palace Theatre
 * Chicago Theatre
 * CIBC Theatre (formerly The Shubert Theatre)
 * Congress Theater
 * Greenhouse Theater Center
 * Harris Theater (Chicago)
 * James M. Nederlander Theatre (formerly Oriental Theatre)
 * Lyric Opera of Chicago
 * Rosemont Theater

Inactive, historic companies and venues
Companies
 * American Theater Company
 * Body Politic Theater
 * BoHo Theatre
 * Caffeine Theatre
 * Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
 * Compass Players
 * Defiant Theatre
 * The Ethiopian Art Theatre/Players
 * Famous Door Theatre
 * First Folio Theatre (Oak Brook)
 * Goat Island
 * Happy Happy Good Show
 * The Hypocrites
 * Illinois Theatre Center
 * Improv Institute
 * Infamous Commonwealth Theatre
 * Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
 * New Age Vaudeville
 * New Variety
 * Playwrights Theatre Club
 * Pyewacket Theatre Company
 * The House Theatre of Chicago
 * The Practical Theatre Company
 * Remains Theatre
 * Redmoon Theater
 * Wayward Productions (formerly Chicago Fusion Theatre)
 * Windy City Performs

Venues
 * Academy of Music
 * Drury Lane Theatres
 * Garrick Theater
 * Iroquois Theatre
 * Theatre Building Chicago (Purchased by Stage 773)
 * Uptown Theatre